Mandy is one of my competition song I used to sing when I was late teenager. I did struggle to get minus track on those cassettes shops and managed get it on the tapes. I learned to sing this song in bathroom on my own. Today we are really enjoy all these new technology where I play it over my blue-tooth speaker from my handphone the karaoke version which was downloaded from youtube. It is wonderful to enjoy singing with a backing track close to the original song.

"Brandy" was a hit in 1971 for Scott English in the UK and in 1972 for Bunny Walters in New Zealand, but achieved greater success when covered in 1974 by Barry Manilow in the US, with the title changed to from "Brandy" to "Mandy" to avoid confusion with Looking Glass's "Brandy (You're a Fine Girl)".
His version reached the top of the US Hot 100 Singles Chart. Later on,
it was recorded by many other artists. The song was a UK #1 hit in 2003
for Irish boyband Westlife.

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Enhanced Published on October 7, 2014Ref: 20141007-00057-201410070248-00005-SUNP0052 MandyRecorded at Middlebrough, United Kingdom

Published on May 31, 2014Ref: 20140531-00056-201410070248-00225-SUNP0052 MandyRecorded at Middlebrough, United Kingdom

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"Mandy", originally titled "Brandy", is a song written and composed by Scott English and Richard Kerr.[1]

"Brandy" was a hit in 1971 for Scott English in the UK and in 1972 for Bunny Walters in New Zealand, but achieved greater success when covered in 1974 by Barry Manilow in the US with the title changed to "Mandy" to avoid confusion with Looking Glass's "Brandy (You're a Fine Girl)". His version reached the top of the US Hot 100 Singles Chart. Later on, it was recorded by many other artists. Irish boyband Westlife had a UK number one with their version in 2003.

In 1974, recorded by Barry Manilow under the title "Mandy", the song was Manilow's first number-one hit on the Billboard Hot 100 and Easy Listening charts, and his first gold single.

In the three years between English's and Manilow's recordings, Looking Glass's "Brandy (You're a Fine Girl)" had hit number-one in 1972. Therefore, to avoid confusion, when Manilow decided to record the selection, he changed the title to "Mandy". It was Clive Davis who suggested that Manilow record the selection. Joe Renzetti arranged the record.[5] Manilow originally recorded it as an up-tempo bubblegum pop tune similar to English's original, but he and his producer, Ron Dante, reportedly hated the way it turned out; thus, he re-recorded it as a ballad and was much more pleased with the results.[citation needed]

In the Manilow version, the first two lines from the fourth verse following the instrumental section, were omitted, being: